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Paint Burner.

No. 240,105. Patented April 12,1881.

UNTTE STATES PATENT Grrrc WILLIAM EASTERBEOOK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND CHARLES H. SOHNITZLER, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

PAINT-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,105, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed May 20, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WM. EASTERBROOK, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and CHARLES H. SOHNITZLER, of Camden, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Paint-Burner, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to the improvement of paint-burners in which a fuel-chamber is provided with a false back or cooling-chamber appended to the body, in addition to which is a bright reflector at some distance in the rear of the body, and a non-conducting handle secured on a line parallel to .the body of the burner, and prevented from slipping by a device, as hereinafter described.

The mechanism by which this improvement is obtained is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an isometric projection of the complete burner. Fig. 2 is a vertical section made in the median line. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the bracket for securing the handle.

Similar letters refer to similar parts th roughout the several views.

The body of the burner A is composed of sheet metal, of a hemi-cylindrica-l form, provided at the back with a ventilating or cooling chamber, E, made by partitioning off an are at the back of the body by a piece of sheet metal riveted or secured by a seam to the side of the body. The walls of the chamber E are perforated at top and bottom by holes 0, for the admission and exit of a current of air, thereby keeping the posterior portion of the burner cool. The front chamber or body proper, A, is provided with an open front, across which stretches a number of metallic rods, f, to prevent the escape of fuel. This fuel-chamber A is further-provided with a false bottom perforated with holes, thus serving the purpose of a grate, beneath which is an ash-pit, F. At the top of the chamber A is an opening, which can be closed by a sliding lid, 0, which, when closed, throws the flame forward through the open front.

At some distance behind the body of the (Model.)

burner, secured to the brackets C, is fastened a bright reflector, either cylindrical or straight, secured by two L-shaped pieces of metal, d, one of which is riveted at the top, the other at the bottom, of the reflector and the brackets O. The object of this reflector is to protect the hand of the operator by preventing the radiant heat from striking the hand.

The handle D is composed of any non-conducting material,and is secured to the brackets O,in thefirst place,by abolt, g,runningthrough the center of the handle, secured at the top and bottom by a burr, or by being riveted, as the case may be. To prevent this handle from slipping around, the brackets O are each provided with two angular pointed projections, a, which are driven into the end of the handle before the bolt is screwed up. It will be observed that one edge of this projection on is at right angles with the bracket, which device prevents the possibility of the edge wearing for itself a groove in the end of the, handle, which would permit the handle to slip, and it is necessary to the success of the machine that the handle be firm, and that there be no possibility of its slipping or turning. Each bracket 0 consists of cast or sheet metal, of an L shape, the longer limb of which is provided at its extremity with two triangularpointed projections, a, one on either side of the media-11 line. The shorter limb is perforated to permit of its being fastened to the body A by the rivets b.

We are aware that paint-burners constructed of sheet metal with an ash-pit and open front provided with rods is not new; but the merit of our invention lies in providing a paintburner which can be held by an operator in one hand while the other is employed in removing the paint. It does away with the long handle of the old pattern and dispenses with the employment of an extra hand. It is, moreover, lighter, and can be constructed at much less cost. 1

What we claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

An improved paint-burner having a body, gether, all substantially as and for the purpose A, combined with a ventilating or cooling set forth and describe chamber E a reflector B to protect the hand of the operator, a non co nducting handle, D, WILLIAM EASTERBROOK' 5 secured to the brackets O by pointed projec- CHAS SGHNITZLER' tions or pins, and a bolt perforating the han- Witnesses: dle longitudinally, and brackets O for securing JAMES H. WOLFE,

the handle D, reflector B, and body A to- J. M. HOAGLAND. 

